Grace Landel, PA-C, M.Ed. joined the Joint Program as Director in April of 2010. She has been a PA since graduating
from the Baylor College of Medicine Physician Assistant Program in 1984. She has worked
in rural and urban family practice since then. She has been in PA education since
1990 when she joined the MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program. During her tenure
at MEDEX she served in many roles, including Associate Program Director, Director
of Diversity, Director of the Alaska Satellite, Didactic Coordinator, Clinical Coordinator,
and lecturer for many courses. Ms Landel has also served the PA profession on a state,
regional, and national level, having served with the Washington, Alaska, and Nebraska
Academies of Physician Assistants, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA),
and Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA). She is currently a Commissioner
for the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development (OSHPD) Song-Brown

2011-12: Primary Care Grant for $54,536

2012-13: Primary Care Grant for $125,060

2012-13: Mental Health Grant 2-year award for $100,000

2013-14: Primary Care Grant for $155,000

2013-14: Mental Health Grant for 1-year award for $14,958

Selected Publications:

Landel G, Robohm C, Gonzales C, Hage S, Fry J. A commitment to diversity in the physician
assistant profession. The Advisor, Official Journal of the National Association of Advisors for the Health
Professions. 2005;25(2):36–39.